Well, this is turning out to be quite the chain of events, right? Anyway, there're two new characters in this one, the friend, and the bitch who's going to cause more trouble later. Poor Sango...I'll have to hurt her fater for doing this to her later...And as for Miroku, well just wait till you read what i did to him!

Sango sat there in awe, just staring at the man who she had thought to be a monk. He looked like the same person, except he was dressed in castle clothes. She couldn't stop staring at him as it was taking a while to sink in. Miroku walked over to Sango and squatted down next to her.

"Sango? Sango, it's me!" he said. She gave her head a small shake and came back to reality.

"What the hell are you doing? I thought you worked here!" He gave a nervous laugh and gave his head a scratch.

"Well see...When I said that...I meant I worked here... as the lord's son?"

Sango couldn't believe what she was hearing. Miroku had lied to her! The same Miroku that she had fallen head over heels for just the previous day! It had been a long time since she'd felt so betrayed. She got up and bowed to the lord before turning and heading for the door. Miroku grabbed her hand though before she left. She looked back at him, trying to searc his face for more answers as though it were a cheat book. However, it looks like he was made from a cheap company, because no matter how hard she loked, she was still confused.

"Sango please listen to me..." She pulled her hand away and shook her head vigorously before running out of the room. he slowly brought his hand back to his side.His heart had never felt so heavy as it did when he saw her run out the door.

"Miroku!" said the lord, "You were out in Uesugi Village again weren't you?" Miroku turned back to the lord.

"Yes father, but..." he tried to explain

"You were out looking for women again weren't you?" Miroku clenched his fist

"Yes Father, but listen..."

"Miroku, when will you stop this insane behavior? You don't need those lowly village girls when there are many ladies of nearby states dying to marry you!"

"Father listen..."

"You can't always go into the villages whenever you want to just to meet some girl..."

"She's not just some girl!" Miroku yelled

"Watch your mouth! Now we are ending this discussion now. You are not to enter Uesugi village without permission, do you understand?"

"Father"

"Do you understand?" he said in a more firm tone. Stiffly and reluctantly, Miroku answered with a

"Yes Father." And he too left the room angry as ever. How dare he refer to Sango as 'some girl'? She was so much more than that, and now...

Miroku pounded the wall next to him. He had really messed up this time.

Sango was now running down the stairs, tears beginning to form in her eyes which were hidden under her bangs.

'I feel like such an idiot. He's the lord's son, there's no way he's going to want to be with a poor village girl like me!' She ran into her new room and slammed the sliding door shut. With her back against it, she slowly slide down and began to cry into her hands, until she felt one on her shoulder.

"Are you alright?" asked the person attempting to comfort her. Sango looked over and saw that it was the girl that she had seen sleeping in the room earlier. Sango could now see that she had a slender waist and overall good figure. She was dressed in a kimono like Sango's, but it was blue and didn't have a top skirt like hers. The girl also had wonderful chocolate brown eyes that seemed to help Sango feel better on sight. The girl then began to rub Sango's back to try and comfort her more.

"What happened to you? Did someone from your family die?" Sango shook her head and hugged her knees. The girl continued to rub her back.

"We haven't been properly introduced. My name is Kagome." Said the girl. Sango wiped her eyes and replied

"I'm Sango."

"Tell me what happened Sango. I may not look it, but I'm a petty good listener."

Sango told Kagome everything about how she met Miroku, and the events that had just recently taken place. Kagome listened the entire time, her attention never staggering. When the story was complete, Kagome just sighed.

"So you were just another victim huh?" Sango gave a surprised look.

"ANOTHER victim?"

"Yeah. Miroku sneaks out to your village all the time to try and get women to sleep with him. They end up working here to be close to him, and then they get their hearts broken. I'm sorry that you had to go through that."

Sango felt like her whole world had just come crashing down. So it was all a lie. Miroku didn't love her like she thought he did. She wanted to breakdown. She wanted to die. Sango was pretty much ready to do anything that would take her away from this stupid pain in her heart.

"Are you going to be okay?" asked Kagome. Sango gave an emotionless nod and walked over to her bed and lay down to go to sleep. She really just needed time to detox from everything that had happened today. A small 'mew' could be heard from the corner of the room where the small Kirara came out and lay next to her owner's head. Slightly surprised to see a cat in the room, Kagome started to pet Kirara.

"What's her name?"

"Kirara." They wee like that for a while, Kagome petting Kirara, Kirara trying to make Sango feel better, and Sango, just wishing for the peace of sleep to come.

On the top floor, Miroku was looking out on a balcony that was in his room. The sun was beginning to set and the day couldn't have gone any slower. Miroku had yet to stop cursing himself for what had happened with Sango. She probably hated him by now for what he did, I mean, who wouldn't? The one woman that he truly cared about thought he was the biggest ass in the world.

Smooth.

'There must be some way I can make it up to her...' Just then, Miroku's door opened. It as one of the servant girls.

"Pardon me my lord," she said, "but Princess Koharu is here from the Nagase state." Miroku thanked her and dismissed her. Koharu was a princess of the Nagase state, and it was no secret that she was in love with Miroku. She came by at last once a week to see him and try to get him to fall in love with her, but it never worked. He waited in his room for Koharu to arrive, treasuring his last moments before she arrived. Unfortunately, they were short, and she arrived not long after. She ordered on of the girls to bring them sake and took a seat next to Miroku. She seemed to be dressed in one of her finest kimono tonight.

"Miroku, it's so nice to see you!" she said. Miroku merely nodded and looked back out at the sunset. He couldn't get Sango of his mind...

"Miroku, isn't this nice, just you and I together? ALONE?" Miroku yet again nodded like he didn't care (which he didn't) and continued to look at the sun. The girl brought in the sake and quickly left.

'I wonder what it would be like to watch the sunset with her...' Koharu began to press herself against Miroku trying to get his attention.

"You know I'd do anything for you right?"

Nod. She turned his face to look at her and in a seductive tone said

"Anything." Miroku had to stop her here. He pushed her off of him and got up.

"What is with you Koharu? Since when do you only think about sex?" Koharu stood up, her face red.

"Since all you do is go into Uesugi village to get it! Miroku, you need to stop trying to get all those girls when you know that I'm the only one that really loves you!" Miroku shook his head.

"Koharu please, why do you have to act like this?" She was going to start crying soon.

"Because I want you to love me like I love you, and I don't care how far I have to go to get you there!" she ran into him and kissed him, which he broke very quickly.

"Koharu, I'm sorry, but I'm never going to feel that way about you." The tears were spilling over. He kind of smiled and looked back at the almost totally disappeared sun.

"Because I love someone else." Koharu became angry again.

"Who? Is it another one of your village whores that you always go out to see?" Miroku began to glare at her.

"What?"

"You heard me. That trash that you always seem to take with you under the covers! You need to stick with women like me with class and leave those filthy whores-"

SMACK

Koharu caught herself as she hit the floor holding her recently struck cheek. Standing above her was a Miroku that she's never seen before. All that was there in his eyes were hate and anger.

"Whore, trash, some girl, I'm tired of it! I'm tired of everyone talking about her as if she's a piece of shit I picked up off the street! What you people don't seem to get is that she's not just 'some girl' or 'trash'. She's an amazing person, and the last thing I need is for you to be insulting her, now leave this castle, and don't came back, or I really will hurt you."

Koharu got up and out of the room, and headed down the stairs. As Miroku listened to the sound of her footsteps fade away, he felt a sudden sense of calmness and relief rush over him. He was rid of Koharu! Not really caring about the scolding that his father would give him later, Miroku walked over to the small table where the sake was.

Miroku took a small saucer and filled it up with sake and held it in the air, as if to hold a toast.

"To the ending of one woman problem," he began, "and the beginning of a new one." And with that, he took a sip.

Well, there ya have it. Next chapter, sango starts working with kagome in the castle and she gets to meet some other people who work there. Oh don't worry, she'll be alright...for now...